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and terrible history: the uses and misuses of civil rights history." all that and more coming up. ♪ welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. global markets are tumbling this morning across asia and europe after the u.s. stock market went into a free fall on monday. the dow jones industrial average plunged by nearly 1,600 points in the middle of the day, marking the biggest point decline in financial history. the u.s. market then rallied slightly, but at the closing bell, the dow jones was still down by 1,175 points. while monday's plunge was alarming on wall street, many financial experts say the drop had been expected after the dow surged over the last year. on monday, president trump avoided mentioning the historic stock market drop, even as he tried to boast about the benefits of his tax overhaul, while speaking to workers at sheffer corporation in cincinnati, ohio. during his speech, he also attacked democratic lawmakers who did not applaud ring trump's state of the union last week, calling them un-am
and terrible history: the uses and misuses of civil rights history." all that and more coming up. ♪ welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. global markets are tumbling this morning across asia and europe after the u.s. stock market went into a free fall on monday. the dow jones industrial average plunged by nearly 1,600 points in the middle of the day, marking the biggest point decline in financial history. the u.s. market then rallied...
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rights movement that nobody recognizes besides the voting rights act and the civil rights act of '64, was the immigration reform act of '65 in which lyndon johnson went up to the statue of liberty and said we are repealing a race-based quota system on who can become a naturalized american -- >> right. >> that was restricted mostly to the nations of northern europe. they didn't even want italians and -- >> right. >> and says anybody can come here and never again will the twin barriers of prejudice and privilege shatter the gate to freedom. and invisibly it is -- and literally and figurative it's changed the face of america. >> yeah. >> we have communities from all over the world. >> and yet we're still arguing about -- >> still arguing about immigration. >> -- immigration, right. >> absolutely. >> yeah, old is new. >> old is new. >> let me move from the controversial topic of civil rights to the not at all controversial topic of college sports. we now live at a time when i think more people are talking about the sausage making as opposed to the sausage of college sports, and i blame y
rights movement that nobody recognizes besides the voting rights act and the civil rights act of '64, was the immigration reform act of '65 in which lyndon johnson went up to the statue of liberty and said we are repealing a race-based quota system on who can become a naturalized american -- >> right. >> that was restricted mostly to the nations of northern europe. they didn't even want italians and -- >> right. >> and says anybody can come here and never again will the...
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he had voted for both the civil rights acts in the '50s. he was told at that time, by people like everett dirksen, "barry, if you vote for this bill, it will kill any presidential chance." >> thank you. thanks a lot. thank you. >> r. goodwin: if goldwater really wanted to antagonize all black americans, he picked a good way to do it. johnson saw it as a political opportunity, which indeed it was. >> also maybe scary, though. because he knew he was losing a large part of the democratic south, and that goldwater would appeal to the very base that would have been his base. so it was both a moment of opportunity and a moment of peril. >> man: "we represent the majority of the people in alabama who hate niggerism, catholicism, judaism, and all the isms of the whole world," so said robert creel of the alabama ku klux klan. he also said, "i like barry goldwater. he needs our help." >> the biggest adverse problem that lyndon johnson had was the racial issue, 'cause there was nothing like it. remember, he sent lady bird down on the lady bird special
he had voted for both the civil rights acts in the '50s. he was told at that time, by people like everett dirksen, "barry, if you vote for this bill, it will kill any presidential chance." >> thank you. thanks a lot. thank you. >> r. goodwin: if goldwater really wanted to antagonize all black americans, he picked a good way to do it. johnson saw it as a political opportunity, which indeed it was. >> also maybe scary, though. because he knew he was losing a large part...
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things that also happened in that civil rights era. was inrtin luther king when heingham jail, called coretta scott king, that put him in the right place in the country, put the country on the right side of the issue morely by taking that position. lyndon johnson moved out of conviction. it was clear, during his push for political rights, it was more than a political calculation. they knew the democratic party would lose the south because of what he did, but it had to happen, and that came through. if barack obama could learn a lesson, you have to want something, and you have to be willing to put everything into it. >> you can go to birmingham, alabama today to the civil rights museum and you can hear martin luther king read the letter from the birmingham jail. it gives you goose bumps. >> not so far from that, the president using the words of an old negro spiritual, we shall overcome. that was a great moment for a president to use those words. they are familiar to us now, but back then they were associated with crazy radicals. >> no,
things that also happened in that civil rights era. was inrtin luther king when heingham jail, called coretta scott king, that put him in the right place in the country, put the country on the right side of the issue morely by taking that position. lyndon johnson moved out of conviction. it was clear, during his push for political rights, it was more than a political calculation. they knew the democratic party would lose the south because of what he did, but it had to happen, and that came...
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taylor branch, you are a veteran civil rights historian. he won the pulitzer prize for "parting the waters." you, too, were surprised by some of the footage you saw in "king in the wilderness." >> yes, i was surprised by -- i wrote, but i do not feel -- i thousandsy book that of white people would come out and throw bricks and it was women with pocketbooks and they hit people with pocketbooks and yell and scream. but to write it is different based on source material than two c nazi signs and people yelling and screaming in chicago. it was a very rough place. amy: the swastikas, the presence of the swastikas. >> there were lots of swastikas and young people involved. on the other side, dr. king was withg to experiment nonviolence in the north and in many respects, it was -- there are no stories there were in methods of nonviolence breaking down on the movement site in chicago. in fact, a number of gang leaders would come up to dr. king's apartment and argue with him all night and a number of gang leaders were in those marches. so he had the
taylor branch, you are a veteran civil rights historian. he won the pulitzer prize for "parting the waters." you, too, were surprised by some of the footage you saw in "king in the wilderness." >> yes, i was surprised by -- i wrote, but i do not feel -- i thousandsy book that of white people would come out and throw bricks and it was women with pocketbooks and they hit people with pocketbooks and yell and scream. but to write it is different based on source material...
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before the civil rights movement, it most surely was. we do a disservice to the cause of justice by intimating that bias and discrimination are immutable, that racial division is inherent in america. if using nothing has changed in the past 50 years, ask somebody who lived through the selma or chicago or los angeles in the 1950's. ask the female ceo who once might have been assigned to the secretarial pool if nothing has changed. ask your gay friend if it is easier to be out and proud in america now than it was 30 years ago. to deny this progress, this heart-won progress is hard-1 -- this hard-won progress -- of course, the more common mistake is to suggest that ferguson is an isolated incident , that racism is banished, that the work that drew men and women to selma is now complete and that whatever racial tensions remain are a consequence of those who played the race card for their own purpose. we do not need the ferguson report to know that is not true. we just need to open our eyes and our ears and our hearts to know that this nation
before the civil rights movement, it most surely was. we do a disservice to the cause of justice by intimating that bias and discrimination are immutable, that racial division is inherent in america. if using nothing has changed in the past 50 years, ask somebody who lived through the selma or chicago or los angeles in the 1950's. ask the female ceo who once might have been assigned to the secretarial pool if nothing has changed. ask your gay friend if it is easier to be out and proud in...
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brent: that's exactly right. on this day 50 years ago, u.s. civil rights leader dr. martin luther king was gunned down by white supremacist in memphis, tennessee. today, his death was observed with special events around the country. dr. king is best remembered for his famous march on washington and his iconic "i have a dream speech" in 1963. the following year, the u.s. congress passed the civil rights act, which outlawed many types of discrimination. >> we shall overcome. reporter: a defining moment in american history. in 1963, civil rights activist martin luther king led the march on washington and delivered a speech that remains iconic to this day. >> i have a dream, that one day, this nation will rise up and live our the true meaning of its creed. reporter: 250,000 people converged on the nation's capital that day demanding free rice for african-americans. the following year the u.s. congress passed the civil rights act, which ended segregation and outlaw discrimination based on race, religion, sex or natural -- national origin. dr. king continued to inspire mil
brent: that's exactly right. on this day 50 years ago, u.s. civil rights leader dr. martin luther king was gunned down by white supremacist in memphis, tennessee. today, his death was observed with special events around the country. dr. king is best remembered for his famous march on washington and his iconic "i have a dream speech" in 1963. the following year, the u.s. congress passed the civil rights act, which outlawed many types of discrimination. >> we shall overcome....
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rights bill ever recommended -- comprehensive civil rights bill ever recommended. fortunately, after many months of battles for a period we got a little tired of that. there are some men in our country who like to talk a lot. maybe your bread about the filibuster. you know they get bogged down in the paralysis of analysis and they will go on and on and on and they wanted to talk to build a debt. president lyndon johnson got to work. he started calling congressman and senators in and started meeting day in and day out with influential people in the country. and making it clear that bill had to pass as attribute of the late president kennedy, but also as a tribute to the greatness of the country. there is an expression of its dedication to the american dream. it was that great day last summer that that bill came into being and it was on july 2 that mr. johnson signed that bill and it became the law the land. and so in america now, we have the civil rights bill and i'm happy to report to you that by a large that bill is being implemented in communities all across the
rights bill ever recommended -- comprehensive civil rights bill ever recommended. fortunately, after many months of battles for a period we got a little tired of that. there are some men in our country who like to talk a lot. maybe your bread about the filibuster. you know they get bogged down in the paralysis of analysis and they will go on and on and on and they wanted to talk to build a debt. president lyndon johnson got to work. he started calling congressman and senators in and started...
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became so familiar that julian was sometimes used to 'arrate civil rights stories and civil rights video until the very end, he was always the spokesman, always the wordsmith can always the man of courage, always the man redefining civil rights for the moment. amy: we're talking to elqp'or holmes norton, delegate to congress, representing áhe district of columbia. sncc decades ago.e organizer fo- and ben jealous is with us in washington, d.c. he is the former naacp resident, the youngest elected to be president of the naacp, now a pp)tner at kapor capital and senior fellow at the center for american progress, or cap. as eleanor holmes norton talks about the trajectory of julian bond's life, you are with him in those later years aáh$e was branching out from civil rights, human rights, considering you were so acti+e together on the issue of police brutality in the killing of young black men and women, talk about what julian and you did together. >> look, he was somebody who is very clear we had to do what was right and we had to do it 'ow. and so we would get together and the conversatio
became so familiar that julian was sometimes used to 'arrate civil rights stories and civil rights video until the very end, he was always the spokesman, always the wordsmith can always the man of courage, always the man redefining civil rights for the moment. amy: we're talking to elqp'or holmes norton, delegate to congress, representing áhe district of columbia. sncc decades ago.e organizer fo- and ben jealous is with us in washington, d.c. he is the former naacp resident, the youngest...
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and so, in america now, we have a civil rights bill. and i'm happy to report to you that, by and large, that bill is being implemented in communities all across the south. we have seen some surprising levels of compliance, even in some communities in the state of mississippi. and whenever you can find anything right in mississippi, things are getting better. amy goodman: dr. martin luther king, speaking in london, december 7, 1964. we'll return to the speech after this break. [break] amy goodman: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in this democracy now! exclusive, we return to dr. martin luther king jr. in his own words from a recording recently discovered the pacifica radio archives. this is from december 7th, 1964, in london, just days before dr. king received the nobel peace prize in oslo, norway. rev. martin luther king jr.: we can never forget the fact that just this summer three civil rights workers were brutally murdered near philadelphia, mississippi. all of this reveals to us th
and so, in america now, we have a civil rights bill. and i'm happy to report to you that, by and large, that bill is being implemented in communities all across the south. we have seen some surprising levels of compliance, even in some communities in the state of mississippi. and whenever you can find anything right in mississippi, things are getting better. amy goodman: dr. martin luther king, speaking in london, december 7, 1964. we'll return to the speech after this break. [break] amy...
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amy: legendary civil rights pioneer, c.t. vivian. 50 years ago he was punched in the face by sheriff jim clark on the courthouse steps in selma, alabama, as he tried to escort a group of african-americans inside to registered to vote. we will hear from dr. martin luther king jr.'s eldest son, and we will speak to one of the few republican members of congress who went to selma this weekend, alabama senator jeff sessions. >> i am on free voting. things happen in two weeks or more before the election, and oftentimes people are, you know urged to go to vote and vote before they are ready. amy: and we will go to the edmund pettus bridge, where on sunday more than 70,000 people marched for voting rights today. all that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now! democracy now!.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. a group of 47 republican senators has released an open letter to iran in a bid to disrupt the obama administration's attempt at a nuclear deal. it was spearheaded by senator tom cotton and signed by a number o
amy: legendary civil rights pioneer, c.t. vivian. 50 years ago he was punched in the face by sheriff jim clark on the courthouse steps in selma, alabama, as he tried to escort a group of african-americans inside to registered to vote. we will hear from dr. martin luther king jr.'s eldest son, and we will speak to one of the few republican members of congress who went to selma this weekend, alabama senator jeff sessions. >> i am on free voting. things happen in two weeks or more before the...
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it's built into the dna, the civil rights issue, of the statehood movement. and you can't understand statehood without paying attention to the divisions of the civil rights issue. >> alaska and hawaii were sort of new blood. they had significant minority populations, and they could just be expected to be in favor of civil rights. there were so-called dixiecrats--the southern democrats who were anti-civil rights legislation--and bringing in four new senators who would support civil rights bills was anathema to them, and they managed to kill it time and again. >> howard smith was chairman of the rules committee-- very conservative democrat from the state of virginia. and he ruled with an iron hand who doesn't want to see statehood for either hawaii or alaska. >> narrator: the washington post observed, "much of the politics of statehood lies in the assumption that hawaii would send republican senators to congress, whereas alaska would elect democrats." >> when dwight eisenhower was president of columbia university, he mentioned that granting statehood to alaska
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he is a very narrow view of civil rights. this was a pattern that emerged for us as we evaluated the many cases that were issued were authored by judge gorsuch. this pattern especially pronounced in the criminal justice context. when we looked at cases involving police officers, for example, judge gorsuch is someone who has a very line order outlook. he is someone who is very pro-law enforcement. there is one case that stands out from his record in which an officer sought quality that's qualified immunity after being sued in wrongful death matter after shooting a victim in the head at close range with a taser. the victim died. and there judge gorsuch determined the officer was entitled to qualified immunity. there were a number of cases like this. in a separate criminal justice matter, judge gorsuch throughout these hearings, has gone to great links to say he looks at people individually. but in some of the criminal justice cases, he talked about who we a general group should not question or second-guess their judgment. he is
he is a very narrow view of civil rights. this was a pattern that emerged for us as we evaluated the many cases that were issued were authored by judge gorsuch. this pattern especially pronounced in the criminal justice context. when we looked at cases involving police officers, for example, judge gorsuch is someone who has a very line order outlook. he is someone who is very pro-law enforcement. there is one case that stands out from his record in which an officer sought quality that's...
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bush made of the civil rights division. there were a couple of famous moments where perez and holder had this go to the civil rights staff and told them, you are open for business again. this is once an agency that will do its job. that is how deep the damage was from the bush years. and now, we've got another career attorney coming in to run the department of labor, sort of in the reverse pattern of perez's own career arc within the obama administration. there iseworthy that such a contrast between andrew puzder, a fast food ceo with a brash outward demeanor, and a negative reputation. poster fits the trump brand. -- andrew poster fits the trump brand. alex acosta is a buttoned up kind of guy. he has two decades of public service behind him. if you are a progressive, liberal, or democrat, that is probably almost more worrying than andrew poster running the department of labor. if you want to find somebody who can sabotage a federal agency and turn it against its whole purpose, alex acosta's resume is exactly who you want i
bush made of the civil rights division. there were a couple of famous moments where perez and holder had this go to the civil rights staff and told them, you are open for business again. this is once an agency that will do its job. that is how deep the damage was from the bush years. and now, we've got another career attorney coming in to run the department of labor, sort of in the reverse pattern of perez's own career arc within the obama administration. there iseworthy that such a contrast...
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i have been involved in civil rights all my life. we have seen cases go ways that we felt were right and ways that we felt was wrong. i have never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim. [applause] way toe went out of his go point by point in ,iscrediting michael brown, jr. who cannot defend himself. how do you and explaining why you're not indicting a man get killed try and convict the young man for shoplifting that can't explain the tape, try to convict him for interfering in a police car when you don't hear his side of the story. have you ever heard a prosecutor go in a press conference and explained to the press why the one that did the killing is not going to trial, but the victim is guilty of several things that no one has established? usalso was very strange to that he lectured the media -- a media that he and others had no problem with when they leaked the video tape of michael brown in the convenience store, a media that you had no problem making all kinds of favorable stuff for the prosecution, a
i have been involved in civil rights all my life. we have seen cases go ways that we felt were right and ways that we felt was wrong. i have never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim. [applause] way toe went out of his go point by point in ,iscrediting michael brown, jr. who cannot defend himself. how do you and explaining why you're not indicting a man get killed try and convict the young man for shoplifting that can't explain the tape, try to convict him for...
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amy: in mississippi, civil rights leaders gather to celebrate the opening of two new civil rights museums in jackson. the openings were marred by controversy after president trump refused to heed the cause of civil rights leaders insistent on intending that inauguration. more on a protest over president trump at the mississippi civil rights museums openings later in the broadcast. we will beast begin with the mayor of jackson as well as the head of the naacp derrick johnson. lumumba and johnson both refused to participate and some of the ceremonies that involved president trump. in honduras, thousands of protesters marched on the u.s. embassy in tegucigalpa over the weekend, demanding the u.s. support either a new election or a recount of all votes in the november 26 poll. the protesters charge incumbent president juan orlando hernandez used honduras' national election commission to rig the ballot after early counting showed opposition candidate salvador nasralla five points ahead. this is protester maria fernanda bustillo gomez. >> in this moment, we are in front of the united states emb
amy: in mississippi, civil rights leaders gather to celebrate the opening of two new civil rights museums in jackson. the openings were marred by controversy after president trump refused to heed the cause of civil rights leaders insistent on intending that inauguration. more on a protest over president trump at the mississippi civil rights museums openings later in the broadcast. we will beast begin with the mayor of jackson as well as the head of the naacp derrick johnson. lumumba and johnson...
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so were the passage of the civil rights act and the voting rights act. in the last year of his life, as he moved toward memphis and fate, he announced what he called the poor people's campaign, a "multi-racial army" that would come to washington, build an encampment and demand from congress an "economic bill of rights" for all americans, black, white, or brown. he had long known that the fight for racial equality could not be separated from the need or economic equity, fairness for all, including working people and the poor. that's why he was in memphis, marching with sanitation workers on strike for a living wage when he was killed. with me are two people steeped in king's life and work. taylor branch wrote the extraordinary, three-volume history of the civil rights era, "america in the king years." the first of them, "parting the waters", received the pulitzer prize. he now has distilled all that work, adding fresh material and insights to create this new book, "the king years: historic moments in the civil right movement." james cone, a longtime profe
so were the passage of the civil rights act and the voting rights act. in the last year of his life, as he moved toward memphis and fate, he announced what he called the poor people's campaign, a "multi-racial army" that would come to washington, build an encampment and demand from congress an "economic bill of rights" for all americans, black, white, or brown. he had long known that the fight for racial equality could not be separated from the need or economic equity,...
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we remember the pioneering comedian and civil rights activist dick gregory. he died on saturday in washington, d.c., at the age of 84. in the early 1960's dick gregory became one of the most popular comedians in the country and paved the way for generations of african-american comedians from bill cosby and richard pryor to chris rock and dave chappelle. on sunday, chris rock wrote on instagram -- "we lost a king. there will never be another. read his books, look him up. you won't be disappointed. unfortunately, the america that produced dick gregory still exists." dick gregory was the first african-american comedian to sit on the couch of "the tonight show" then hosted by jack parr. but as his popularity grew, so did his activism. he was jailed and beaten by birmingham police for parading without a permit in 1963. he took a bullet in the knee while trying to calm a crowd during the watts riots in 1965. that same year he spoke at one of the first major teach-ins on the vietnam war. it was at the university of california, berkeley. >> as far as war, as far as t
we remember the pioneering comedian and civil rights activist dick gregory. he died on saturday in washington, d.c., at the age of 84. in the early 1960's dick gregory became one of the most popular comedians in the country and paved the way for generations of african-american comedians from bill cosby and richard pryor to chris rock and dave chappelle. on sunday, chris rock wrote on instagram -- "we lost a king. there will never be another. read his books, look him up. you won't be...
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it's built into the dna, the civil rights issue, of the statehood movement. and you can't understand statehood without paying attention to the divisions of the civil rights issue. >> alaska and hawaii were sort of new blood. they had significant minority populations, and they could just be expected to be in favor of civil rights. there were so-called dixiecrats--the southern democrats who were anti-civil rights legislation--and bringing in four new senators who would support civil rights bills was anathema to them, and they managed to kill it time and again. >> howard smith was chairman of the rules committee-- very conservative democrat from the state of virginia. and he ruled with an iron hand who doesn't want to see statehood for either hawaii or alaska. >> narrator: the washington post observed, "much of the politics of statehood lies in the assumption that hawaii would send republican senators to congress, whereas alaska would elect democrats." >> when dwight eisenhower was president of columbia university, he mentioned that granting statehood to alaska
it's built into the dna, the civil rights issue, of the statehood movement. and you can't understand statehood without paying attention to the divisions of the civil rights issue. >> alaska and hawaii were sort of new blood. they had significant minority populations, and they could just be expected to be in favor of civil rights. there were so-called dixiecrats--the southern democrats who were anti-civil rights legislation--and bringing in four new senators who would support civil rights...
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you're a civil rights leader. what do you know about foreign policy and national security and war and peace? stay in your lane." criss-cross the country to answer his critics. he comes to berkeley california, sproul hall steps, university of california at berkeley, crowded literally with thousands of people. a young black guy, ron dellums standing way in the back of the several thousand people, hanging on every word, didn't realize at that moment that my life would be changed forever. and i would comment on four points that he made in that speech and speeches going forward challenging the war in vietnam. first, he said, "why did i stand up?" his response was, "i cannot segregate my moral concerns." [applause] that said to me that we must challenge all forms of injustice, because martin luther king said we cannot segregate our moral concerns. secondly, he said there are two kinds of leaders, one who waits until the consensus is formed and then run swiftly to the front of the group and declare leadership. but then h
you're a civil rights leader. what do you know about foreign policy and national security and war and peace? stay in your lane." criss-cross the country to answer his critics. he comes to berkeley california, sproul hall steps, university of california at berkeley, crowded literally with thousands of people. a young black guy, ron dellums standing way in the back of the several thousand people, hanging on every word, didn't realize at that moment that my life would be changed forever. and...
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rights act, publicly championing a lot of civil rights activism in the middle of 1964, but it is much more private conversations there making jokes about king, particularly about his extramarital affairs -- which the fbi had started finding out about in 1963, 1964. this is the kind of gossip that certainly lyndon johnson and hoover himself liked to share. you have a real disconnect both on the part of the fbi, but also on the part of the white house between what it is they are saying publicly during these years and what it is they're talking about in private. >> after j edgar hoover called dr. king "the most notorious liar in the country," a reporter asked him for his response. this is a clip. >> dr. king, what is your reaction to the charges made by j edgar hoover? >> well, i was quite shocked and surprised to learn of this statement in mr. hoover questioning my integrity. very frankly, i don't understand what motivated the statement. >> so that was dr. king. professor, can you talk about what king did when he received this letter? it was actually after he came back from also, right?
rights act, publicly championing a lot of civil rights activism in the middle of 1964, but it is much more private conversations there making jokes about king, particularly about his extramarital affairs -- which the fbi had started finding out about in 1963, 1964. this is the kind of gossip that certainly lyndon johnson and hoover himself liked to share. you have a real disconnect both on the part of the fbi, but also on the part of the white house between what it is they are saying publicly...
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to deal civil rights. bloody sunday, we got the voting rights act. when dr. king was killed, we got the fair housing act that made it so you could sue people if they did not allow you and your community. to suggest that nine lives and taking a symbol down is sufficient to honor nine deaths -- nine. 9. nine deaths. is to diminish that those lives -- what i'm saying to our brothers and sisters on the phone this morning, look what reverend pinckney stood for and those members they fought for. they fought for medicaid expansion, gun control, public education. they fought to raise the living wage, minimum wage to a living wage. other way people -- you deny medicaid expansion, people die. you deny a living wage, and people die. i'm suggesting we ought to look at all of these issues. we can't say the flag is just a start in this honors them. this does not fully honor these steps. if we're going to start and be political -- lee atwater said in an infamous radio interview, he said, we stop talking about race in a v
to deal civil rights. bloody sunday, we got the voting rights act. when dr. king was killed, we got the fair housing act that made it so you could sue people if they did not allow you and your community. to suggest that nine lives and taking a symbol down is sufficient to honor nine deaths -- nine. 9. nine deaths. is to diminish that those lives -- what i'm saying to our brothers and sisters on the phone this morning, look what reverend pinckney stood for and those members they fought for. they...
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they preserved the facade of the hotel and built the national civil rights museum around it. the mission of the museum, which opened in 1991, is to chronicle key episodes of the american civil rights movement and the legacy of the movement with exhibitions and educational programs. examples include a recreation of rosa parks' montgomery bus of 1955. the original greensboro, south carolina, woolworth's lunch counter with a depiction of the 4 african-american college students who launched the first sit-in when they were refused service. and the original motel rooms where martin luther king jr. stayed, left intact, the day he was assassinated. the era of the civil rights movement was well documented by journalists, but one photographer had especially privileged access to dr. king-- the late ernest withers. i meet up with the head of the family foundation that manages withers' legacy--his daughter rosalind withers. so was your father here the day that dr. martin luther king jr. was assassinated? >> when he got here, it was a crowd. he was able to get through the crowd because peo
they preserved the facade of the hotel and built the national civil rights museum around it. the mission of the museum, which opened in 1991, is to chronicle key episodes of the american civil rights movement and the legacy of the movement with exhibitions and educational programs. examples include a recreation of rosa parks' montgomery bus of 1955. the original greensboro, south carolina, woolworth's lunch counter with a depiction of the 4 african-american college students who launched the...
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. >>> americans are taking time to remember a man who spearheaded the civil rights movement. 50 years ago in washington martin luther king delivered a speech in washington. he uttered the words "i have a dream." thousands gathered at the lincoln memorial at the national mall 50 years on. president obama was joined by bill clinton and jimmy carter. obama said king and other civil rights leadee local assemblieses, congress and even the white house. but he also expressed concern for the nation's economic disparities that are widening, not shrinking. >> as always has been noted, black unemployment has remained almost twice as high as white unemployment. latino unemployment close behind. the gap in wealth between races has not lessened, it's grown. >> opinion polls suggest that 79% of african-americans say the country still has a long way to go before it achieves a society free of racial prejudices. >>> i have a dream w those words martin luther king jr. inspired people everywhere to join him in his quest for equal rights for all. 50 years after the speech, people continued to reflect on t
. >>> americans are taking time to remember a man who spearheaded the civil rights movement. 50 years ago in washington martin luther king delivered a speech in washington. he uttered the words "i have a dream." thousands gathered at the lincoln memorial at the national mall 50 years on. president obama was joined by bill clinton and jimmy carter. obama said king and other civil rights leadee local assemblieses, congress and even the white house. but he also expressed concern...
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i've been a civil rights activist and the grandchild of civil rights activists and the great-grandchild of abolitionist. the reality is that i will run as ben jealous, i will run as that organizer rooted in west baltimore, but networked across this country and 70 who can lead this state in a way that helps us build from right where we are . but also benefit from bringing in some of the biggest companies in the country to our state. right now in silicon valley, our peers in counties like facebook and google are under pressure to become more inclusive. here in maryland, almost 20% of the computer scientists are black. in maryland, we have begun building a great tech sector that has defined his abiding place for the world's greatest minds come to solve some of the world's greatest problems like cancer and cyber security. absolutely succeed in building afford thinking 21st century economy that has room for all of our communities and helps to lift even as a make it easier for folks to grow their flower shop or detail shop will stop and go former naacp president ben jealous, now running for g
i've been a civil rights activist and the grandchild of civil rights activists and the great-grandchild of abolitionist. the reality is that i will run as ben jealous, i will run as that organizer rooted in west baltimore, but networked across this country and 70 who can lead this state in a way that helps us build from right where we are . but also benefit from bringing in some of the biggest companies in the country to our state. right now in silicon valley, our peers in counties like...
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juan: you mention your father was a civil rights leader. this is your uncle and senator strom thurmond's son, south carolina state senator paul thurmond, calling for the confederate flag to come down. >> i think the time is right in the ground is fertile for us to make progress as a state and to come together and remove the confederate battle flag from prominent statue outside the state house and put it in the museum. it is time to acknowledge our past atone for our sins and work toward a better future. that future must be built on symbols of peace, love and unity. that future cannot be built on symbols of war, hate, and divisiveness. juan: that was republican south carolina state senator paul thurmond. could you talk about your journey in terms of understanding the family relationships you had to former senator, u.s. senator strom thurmond? >> well, with paul, which am just excited about what he was able to do. he stepped forward, which was the right thing to do. he wanted to be on the right side. -- on the right side of all that needed to
juan: you mention your father was a civil rights leader. this is your uncle and senator strom thurmond's son, south carolina state senator paul thurmond, calling for the confederate flag to come down. >> i think the time is right in the ground is fertile for us to make progress as a state and to come together and remove the confederate battle flag from prominent statue outside the state house and put it in the museum. it is time to acknowledge our past atone for our sins and work toward a...
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rights division in enforcing civil rights laws. outertainly carried that with respect to a host of areas. , he talked about his and mentioned voting rights. this is something he will be remembered for. he defended the voting rights act when it was under attack in the courts. essentially the constitutionality of it. his lawyers defended that act in federal court. when the federal court struck down a key section of that act, he would not retreat. he said, i am going to use the other provisions of the act to enforce the voting rights act. awayled lawsuits right after the decision in texas and north carolina. weeks, thest three legal defense fund has been working side-by-side with his lawyers in the texas litigation. he has been unabashedly and unafraid to use the civil rights laws where he could. that is going to be part of his toacy, that he was willing aggressively enforce these laws when it comes to fair housing, fair lending, education, desegregation, employment discrimination. in the area of criminal justice reform, that is going
rights division in enforcing civil rights laws. outertainly carried that with respect to a host of areas. , he talked about his and mentioned voting rights. this is something he will be remembered for. he defended the voting rights act when it was under attack in the courts. essentially the constitutionality of it. his lawyers defended that act in federal court. when the federal court struck down a key section of that act, he would not retreat. he said, i am going to use the other provisions of...
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after the end of the civil rights movement. at precisely the moment that black people have their second shot at equality in america, legally, we could -- you know as well as anyone that we didn't need the 1964 civil rights act if the 13th, 14th and 15th amendment had really been sufficient to creating equality. right after that moment even under lyndon johnson there is an expansion of federal support for local law enforcement on the basis that black people's crime is a danger to civil society. again, all of this may make sense to a viewer and to a listener if they didn't know that those same threats to civil society posed by european immigrants weren't treated in a fundamentally different way. that's the point. crime in and of itself was not sufficient to justify a punitive law and order political response or a set of ideas that exist today as they did then that saw black people's crime as evident of some moral inferiority. some natural propencity to want to hurt people. for the european immigrant in the hands it was all true.
after the end of the civil rights movement. at precisely the moment that black people have their second shot at equality in america, legally, we could -- you know as well as anyone that we didn't need the 1964 civil rights act if the 13th, 14th and 15th amendment had really been sufficient to creating equality. right after that moment even under lyndon johnson there is an expansion of federal support for local law enforcement on the basis that black people's crime is a danger to civil society....
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what was created was the office of civil rights. and so there was a presumption that that office was going to fight against discrimination and fight for equity. this was not just something that barack obama did. this goes act to every president -- republican and democrat alike . so when she says she's going to make that agency neutral, she is taking a step away from the enforcement of civil rights laws. juan: neutral between the perpetrators and victims. >> how do you make a law that -- union. represent a i represent people. i believe people should have due process. i believe there are false accusations. frankly, as a survivor, as a rate survivor, how do you not create some kind of climate to actually help people tell their stories and get redress? it is not just in terms of title ix, but it is every other law. think about what happened after brown versus board of education. think about how the so-called choice movement was used by segregationists to stop people from having -- to stop black and brown kids from having opportunity. th
what was created was the office of civil rights. and so there was a presumption that that office was going to fight against discrimination and fight for equity. this was not just something that barack obama did. this goes act to every president -- republican and democrat alike . so when she says she's going to make that agency neutral, she is taking a step away from the enforcement of civil rights laws. juan: neutral between the perpetrators and victims. >> how do you make a law that --...
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one of the leading civil rights activists there, dr. robert hayling, a dentist-- >> the klan leaders all converged on st. augustine for this big rally, and they had been passing out the handbills and the announcements of this rally throughout the city, so we decided among the men that i consulted to go out and observe this affair, and we thought we could park along the federal highway and look over into that field and observe without being involved, but i guess that was a mistake, because my car was recognized. >> and the klan saw him and captured him so to speak and made him bend over the hood of his car and flogged him with a chain, knocked out his four front teeth, used a rifle butt to crush his hands so that he wouldn't be able to practice dentistry anymore. >> and there was about 250 klanspeople there, and right on the front row was a young lady who was about 15 or 16, is a patient of mine who had temporary caps on her front teeth that i had--other dentists had told her she was gonna have to lose those teeth, and i told her i could
one of the leading civil rights activists there, dr. robert hayling, a dentist-- >> the klan leaders all converged on st. augustine for this big rally, and they had been passing out the handbills and the announcements of this rally throughout the city, so we decided among the men that i consulted to go out and observe this affair, and we thought we could park along the federal highway and look over into that field and observe without being involved, but i guess that was a mistake, because...
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>> well, remember, you called king and myself civil rights leaders. the better term for us by far, a term that we used, that we were pastors. we were pastors who insisted that the gospel of jesus encompassed all humankind and that the other side of love was justice. so you could not be a person of character and love if you did not want to see all sorts of people having equality of dignity, you quality of work, you quality of play. so that is the better term for us. activist,us-oriented a pastor for more than 40 something years. the work of economic justice, the work of social justice, the work of cultural justice from the work of the equality of all humankind is a part of my own mind, in my own mind and heart is a part of what the scriptures, the hebrew scriptures and the christian andptures both firmly seriously endorse and teach. on billsterday, we had lucy, who was one of the labor leaders at the time and also one of the striking sanitation workers. how did you get involved with the sanitation workers' strike? can you talk about that as well? >> as
>> well, remember, you called king and myself civil rights leaders. the better term for us by far, a term that we used, that we were pastors. we were pastors who insisted that the gospel of jesus encompassed all humankind and that the other side of love was justice. so you could not be a person of character and love if you did not want to see all sorts of people having equality of dignity, you quality of work, you quality of play. so that is the better term for us. activist,us-oriented a...
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rights movement that gave us a civil rights act -- a voting rights act which finally led me to be in congress. i am going to raise my voice because that is the tradition that i feel a responsibility to and a debt to. latinos get to speak today because black people were murdered and lynched and their churches were burned and others became allies of theirs in a great civil rights movement. we cannot simply turn our backs on that history, that great history of our nation. to the letter go that was just released of karate scott king. on tuesday, the washington post published a nine page letter written by king in 1986, opposing jeff sessions nomination to a federal judgeship. this is a very -- this is very significant. sessions and ie think over the past 50 years from that point, one other person had not been approved by the senate judiciary committee for a judgeship. according to buzzfeed news, which first reported the letter's existence, it was never entered in congressional record i then judiciary committee chair strom thurmond. king's opposition, however, proved critical to the argume
rights movement that gave us a civil rights act -- a voting rights act which finally led me to be in congress. i am going to raise my voice because that is the tradition that i feel a responsibility to and a debt to. latinos get to speak today because black people were murdered and lynched and their churches were burned and others became allies of theirs in a great civil rights movement. we cannot simply turn our backs on that history, that great history of our nation. to the letter go that was...
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he's an activist, academic and author who is one of the true icons of the american civil rights movement. a ten-term veteran of the georgia legislature, he helped found the student nonviolent coordinating committee and served as president of the southern poverty law center, and chaired the board of the naccp for more than a decade. he's julian bond. this is overheard. ♪ >> julian bond, welcome. >> thank you. >> an honor to have you here. >> my pleasure. >> let me ask you about the arc of your involvement in the civil rights movemeet, which i assume you believe continues today. >> indeed so it does. >> you go back to the late 50's when you were a student in college when you helped to found the student non-violent coordinating committee. i date your association with the movement back that far. >> that's right. >> would you agree? >> yes. >> so what have we learned over these years? how far have we come and how far have we not come in your estimation over the broad sweep there? >> it's difficult to measure these distances, how far we've come, how far we've not. i mean, you can't put numbe
he's an activist, academic and author who is one of the true icons of the american civil rights movement. a ten-term veteran of the georgia legislature, he helped found the student nonviolent coordinating committee and served as president of the southern poverty law center, and chaired the board of the naccp for more than a decade. he's julian bond. this is overheard. ♪ >> julian bond, welcome. >> thank you. >> an honor to have you here. >> my pleasure. >> let me...
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john lewis is a civil rights legend. in 1965, he was beaten almost to death by alabama state troopers as he attempted to lead a voting rights march from selma to montgomery, alabama. the images from what came to be known as bloody sunday helped galvanize support for the voting rights act signed into law by president johnson months later. new york congressmember yvette clarke tweeted -- "when you insult rep. john lewis, you insult america." congressmember jerrold nadler tweeted -- "trump stands with v. putin. i stand with rep. john lewis." in 2012, we interviewed democratic congress member john lewis and i asked him to describe what happened on bloody sunday in selma, alabama. >> on march 7, 1965, a group of us attempted to march from selma to montgomery, alabama, to dramatize to the nation that people wanted to register to vote will stop one young african-american man had been shot and killed a few days journey -- and adjourning county. -- whole county and because of what happened to him, we made a decision to march. in
john lewis is a civil rights legend. in 1965, he was beaten almost to death by alabama state troopers as he attempted to lead a voting rights march from selma to montgomery, alabama. the images from what came to be known as bloody sunday helped galvanize support for the voting rights act signed into law by president johnson months later. new york congressmember yvette clarke tweeted -- "when you insult rep. john lewis, you insult america." congressmember jerrold nadler tweeted --...
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the civil mode -- civil rights movement was biracial. the first poor people's campaign was not just dr. king. it was cesar chavez, jewish, the welfare workers rights workers, surely, who had organized. in some sense, we lost that sense of fusion politics and that is what moral monday has an about. with the poor people's campaign is about. not only can we beat a pedophile , but the reality is, if we we went tolicy -- alabama and they said we could not organize white ministers to --nd up against what he had roy moore had allegedly done to children, but his policies. 65% of the people who were arrested on moral monday were white. amy: in north carolina where you were. >> where i am now. i'm saying, do you have health care? all of the southern states denied health care, the people who got elected by voters suppression, use that power to deny health care, the majority of the people being denied are white. when you don't have a living wage, the majority of the people being affected are white. there are 8 million more white people poor than the
the civil mode -- civil rights movement was biracial. the first poor people's campaign was not just dr. king. it was cesar chavez, jewish, the welfare workers rights workers, surely, who had organized. in some sense, we lost that sense of fusion politics and that is what moral monday has an about. with the poor people's campaign is about. not only can we beat a pedophile , but the reality is, if we we went tolicy -- alabama and they said we could not organize white ministers to --nd up against...